King Phillip II: The Rise And Fall Of The King Of Spain
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The House of Habsburg, a royal line of kings in Spain between the years of 1550-1700, led Spain through a golden age, but at a great price. Religion and wars were valued over government decisions. Each problem put Spain into further finical debt and the kingdom of Spain became poorer and poorer.
Phillip II took the throne in 1556 when his father, Charles V resigned from the throne to retire as a monastery. Preceding the abdication of the throne Phillip II had received Naples, the Netherlands, Sicily, and Milan as a gift from his father. Unfortunately for Spain Phillip II was unprepared to rule the country. When Charles V abdicated the throne Spain had a debt of 36 million ducats. Phillip II governed during the greatest economical failure.…show more content… There were numerous problems ruling the country, but the primary problem was that the former king, Phillip II, had driven Spain near the brink of bankruptcy. The economy of Spain was hanging on by a mere thread and the main economy relied on trade with Americans. The economy inside of Spain was weak. The little industry came from peasants growing agriculture because of the sharp rise in taxation. Almost at the beginning of his reign Phillip III appointed Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, marqués de Denia. The first two years of appointed Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas, marqués de Denia reign was a disaster. A plague wiped out nearly 1/6 of the Spanish population. There were plans of recreating the tax city to limit the losses but the royal house declined the offers. He was the real king and Phillip II became a puppet. Spain took part in wars such as the Dutch war and they entered the 30 year war. There was only success in the beginning of the wars. Spain formed a truce with the Netherlands preceding the expulsion of the Moriscos. The Moriscos was the most serious crisis of the reign. Most of them lived in Valencia, and they were devoted to Christianity. Most of them were peasants that worked as farmers or traders. The expulsion of it was by Francisco Gomez and it was viewed as a disengagement from the Castilians. Phillip III had no official religion and he did little religious movements. On the other hand Francisco was a Valencian and he did everything to make sure that it was the primary decisions. He repelled other religions and he promoted his own. The end of Phillip’s reign was when he died in